aliger

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der.

Proto-Italic *aksis

Latin axis

Latin *axla

Latin āla

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Italic *gezō

Latin gerō

Latin -ger

Latin āliger

From āla (“wing”) + -ger (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.lɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.li.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

āliger (feminine āligera, neuter āligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (poetic) bearing wings, winged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	āliger	āligera	āligerum		āligerī	āligerae	āligera
genitive	āligerī	āligerae	āligerī		āligerōrum	āligerārum	āligerōrum
dative	āligerō	āligerae	āligerō		āligerīs
accusative	āligerum	āligeram	āligerum		āligerōs	āligerās	āligera
ablative	āligerō	āligerā	āligerō		āligerīs
vocative	āliger	āligera	āligerum		āligerī	āligerae	āligera

Derived terms

• Āligerī

References

• “aliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aliger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.